Luxembourg women covering up?

Women in Luxembourg are more inclined to wear longer skirts and dresses than counterparts in any other country in Western Europe, a study has revealed.

20.08.2012

Women in Luxembourg are more inclined to wear longer skirts and dresses than counterparts in any other country in Western Europe, a study has revealed.

The report by Paris-based fashion house Georgedé revealed that the average dress length in Luxembourg was a chaste 78 centimetres, nearly 10 centimetres longer than those worn in France and Italy (70 centimetres).

Germany and Spain reportedly recorded average skirt lengths of 72 centimetres and the UK 75 centimetres.

The conservative tendency to cover up rather than bare all is perhaps more driven by fashion houses than consumers, however.

Georgedé managing director Phillip Bendavid explained that skirt and dress lengths had grown longer during the last few fashion seasons. “The trend is very much around demure outfits. Scantily clad is being replaced by Saintly-clothed,” he explained.